Inspector, try to keep a lid on the situation until we can get more police down there.
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Inspector
//ɪnˈspɛktə//
Synonyms for "inspector" (87 found)
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4 entriesTranslations
85 translations across 35 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- مُفَتِّش noun (person employed to inspect something)
- مُفَتِّش noun (police officer ranking below superintendent)
- مُفَتِّشَة noun (person employed to inspect something)
- مُفَتِّشَة noun (police officer ranking below superintendent)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- müfəttiş noun (person employed to inspect something)
- təftişçi noun (person employed to inspect something)
Belarusian
2 entries- iнспэ́ктар noun (person employed to inspect something)
- інспе́ктар noun (person employed to inspect something)
Bulgarian
1 entries- инспе́ктор noun (person employed to inspect something)
Catalan
1 entries- inspector noun (person employed to inspect something)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 巡官 noun (police officer ranking below superintendent)
- 檢查員 /检查员 noun (person employed to inspect something)
- 檢驗員 /检验员 noun (person employed to inspect something)
- 督察 noun (police officer ranking below superintendent)
Crimean Tatar
2 entries- müfettiş noun (person employed to inspect something)
- teftişçi noun (person employed to inspect something)
Czech
2 entries- inspektor noun (person employed to inspect something)
- inspektor noun (police officer ranking below superintendent)
Finnish
2 entries- tarkastaja noun (person employed to inspect something)
- valvoja noun (person employed to inspect something)
French
4 entries- contrôleur noun (person employed to inspect something)
- contrôleuse noun (person employed to inspect something)
- inspecteur noun (person employed to inspect something)
- inspecteur noun (police officer ranking below superintendent)
German
4 entries- Inspektor noun (person employed to inspect something)
- Inspektor noun (police officer ranking below superintendent)
- Inspektorin noun (person employed to inspect something)
- Inspektorin noun (police officer ranking below superintendent)
Greek
3 entries- επιθεωρητής noun (person employed to inspect something)
- επιθεωρητής noun (police officer ranking below superintendent)
- υπαστυνόμος noun (police officer ranking below superintendent)
Hindi
2 entries- निरीक्षक noun (person employed to inspect something)
- निरीक्षक noun (police officer ranking below superintendent)
Ingrian
1 entries- revizora noun (person employed to inspect something)
Irish
2 entries- banchigire noun (person employed to inspect something)
- cigire noun (person employed to inspect something)
Italian
3 entries- controllore noun (person employed to inspect something)
- ispettore noun (person employed to inspect something)
- ispettore di polizia noun (police officer ranking below superintendent)
Japanese
3 entries- インスペクター noun (police officer ranking below superintendent)
- 検査員 noun (person employed to inspect something)
- 警部 noun (police officer ranking below superintendent)
Kazakh
3 entries- инспектор noun (person employed to inspect something)
- тексеруші noun (person employed to inspect something)
- қадағалаушы noun (person employed to inspect something)
Korean
2 entries- 검사원 noun (person employed to inspect something)
- 경위 noun (police officer ranking below superintendent)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- инспектор noun (person employed to inspect something)
Macedonian
1 entries- инспе́ктор noun (person employed to inspect something)
Old English
2 entries- inscēawere noun (person employed to inspect something)
- smēagend noun (person employed to inspect something)
Polish
4 entries- inspektor noun (person employed to inspect something)
- inspektor noun (police officer ranking below superintendent)
- inspektorka noun (person employed to inspect something)
- inspektorka noun (police officer ranking below superintendent)
Portuguese
2 entries- inspetor noun (person employed to inspect something)
- inspetor noun (police officer ranking below superintendent)
Romanian
4 entries- inspectoare noun (person employed to inspect something)
- inspector noun (person employed to inspect something)
- inspector de poliție noun (police officer ranking below superintendent)
- ofițer de poliție noun (police officer ranking below superintendent)
Russian
3 entries- инспе́ктор noun (person employed to inspect something)
- инспе́ктор noun (police officer ranking below superintendent)
- ревизо́р noun (person employed to inspect something)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ìnspektor noun (person employed to inspect something)
- ѝнспектор noun (person employed to inspect something)
Slovak
1 entries- inšpektor noun (person employed to inspect something)
Slovene
1 entries- inšpektor noun (person employed to inspect something)
Spanish
3 entries- inspector noun (person employed to inspect something)
- reveedor noun (person employed to inspect something)
- revisor noun (person employed to inspect something)
Swahili
1 entries- inspekta noun (police officer ranking below superintendent)
Swedish
3 entries- besiktningsman noun (person employed to inspect something)
- inspektör noun (person employed to inspect something)
- kontrollant noun (person employed to inspect something)
Tagalog
1 entries- pandaw noun (person employed to inspect something)
Turkish
3 entries- komiser noun (police officer ranking below superintendent)
- müfettiş noun (person employed to inspect something)
- müfettiş noun (police officer ranking below superintendent)
Ukrainian
4 entries- інспе́ктор noun (person employed to inspect something)
- інспе́ктор noun (police officer ranking below superintendent)
- інспе́кторка noun (person employed to inspect something)
- інспе́кторка noun (police officer ranking below superintendent)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
The inspector arrived at the school late on Monday morning.
Source: tatoeba (277967)
He is a sanitary inspector.
Source: tatoeba (294079)
The suspect told a lie to the inspector.
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